Salads & starters
Duruka
Duruka is a Fijian salad made with the tender flower of sugarcane, seasoned with lime and coconut. Crunchy and tangy, it is a refreshing accompaniment to local cooking.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Instructions
- Clean the sugarcane flowers by removing the hard parts and rinsing them in fresh water.
- Cut them finely into strips and place them in a salad bowl.
- Squeeze the juice of the limes and add it over the flowers with the salt.
- Slice the onion and chilli, then add them to the salad.
- Mix in the grated coconut and let it rest for 10 minutes before serving.
Variations and tips
Using what's available here. Sugarcane flowers are rare; replace them with thinly sliced fennel shoots for a similar crunchy texture.
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Original Ecomely recipe.